Thinking 'bout THR Newsletter
May 8 - 10, 2024
I will be in Washington, DC, next week. If any of you will be in the area, I’d love to meet you in person! ~ Skip
Report: No Smoke Less Harm. “As a society, our biggest health problem is posed not by nicotine, but by the way that nicotine is consumed.”
My MUST READ thought nudger of the day: Want to Win the Culture War? Be Kind. “Whether we realize it or not, every one of us is a walking brand ambassador for our political group. When we're rude to a member of the other tribe, it's like showing them a negative advertisement for our group. It’s as if Nike were to market its shoes by showing how well they help people kick puppies.”
What Medscape Subscribers Really Thought About Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Programs. “We have the preliminary results from your program that was posted less than a month ago, and I am personally flabbergasted by the participation - over 6000 learners and over 2200 test takers!”
The FDA can’t get its story straight about reducing tobacco-related dangers. “It may have been a long afternoon for the FDA commissioner, but for the tens of millions of American adults who smoke and are unable or unwilling to quit, it has been an even longer wait for the agency to acknowledge and approve the crucial role of “tobacco harm reduction,” or THR.”
Are Nicotine Patches for Kids Who Vape a Good Idea? “Michelle, from Florida, started smoking at the age of 9, after listening to adults who said that cigarettes helped them “relax.” As a child with an undiagnosed anxiety issue, she was always being told to do just that. And the nicotine in cigarettes made it possible.”
Calling out fake news part 3... “Well readers, it’s happened again. People who should probably know better - many of whom call themselves defenders of public health - have once again been called out on X for spreading fake news about vaping.”
Graphic Health Warnings On Vapes and Oral Nicotine Pouches. “Public health advocates in Kenya are writing to the Ministry of Health highlighting their concerns that the proposed graphic health warnings for nicotine alternatives are misleading and will deter smokers from switching to potentially life-saving products.”
Let’s shift the paradigm in tobacco policy. “Instead of wasting resources on prohibitionist policies, we should invest in healthcare providers who are at the forefront of tobacco cessation efforts. By providing them with the necessary tools and knowledge to effectively counsel patients on harm reduction strategies, we can make significant progress in reducing tobacco-related diseases.”
Hands Off | Vapers Call for Health Minister to Dump Flavour Ban
GFN News #109 | FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE FACTS | Mendelsohn debates Australia's vaping stance
Debunking Myths with Dr. Jeffrey Smith | Vaping Unplugged Podcast Episode 52
For global coverage of calls to action, please click here: Advocating For Tobacco Harm Reduction.
Call for Papers
*NEW* A 10-year Update on Nicotine and Tobacco Research Related to Sex/Gender. The submission deadline is July 31, 2024.
Service Opportunities…
Nomination Call for New SRNT-E Board Members (President-Elect and Secretary. Nominations are due by June 15, 2024.
Employment Opportunities…
BR-UK GO-Science Senior Policy Fellow Interviews held on 13 May and the post is available immediately.
Research staff to assist with studies on smoking, e-cigarettes, and cancer patients at MUSC (South Carolina, US). See the tweet and flyer here.
*NEW* Digital Marketing Manager – Competitive Enterprise Institute – Washington, D.C. Position will remain posted until it is filled.
Wanted: Videos and Films…
Jun 13-15, 2024, Warsaw, Poland - GFN - Global Forum on Nicotine. Call for the following film/video submissions: #GFNfives, #ScienceLab, and film festival. The submission deadline is May 15, 2024.
Wanted: Conference Submissions…
Sep 8-11, 2024, Atlanta, GA, US - 77TH TOBACCO SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE. Call for abstracts. The submission deadline is May 17, 2024.
Sep 16-17, 2024 - 7th Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction by SCOHRE. Call for speakers. The submission deadline for speakers is May 15, 2024. Call for abstracts for short oral or poster presentations. The submission deadline for abstracts is July 12, 2024.
October 13-17, 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland - CORESTA Congress 2024. Call for abstracts for poster and oral presentations. The submission deadline is May 17, 2024.
Oct 24-25, Washington DC? US - Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulation and Policy Conference. The deadline for the call for proposals is May 24, 2024.
Call for speakers. The Society for the Study of Addiction is now accepting applications for speakers at the PhD Symposium. Application deadline is July 3, 2024
Nov 14-15, 2024, UK - SSA Annual Conference. Submissions for posters and oral presentations are due by July 3, 2024
Seeking Survey Participants…
Petitions…
Some are listed on this Safer Nicotine Wiki advocacy page.
Tobacco harm reduction means different things to different people. Some may wish to achieve a nicotine-free society. Others may wish to squash the tobacco industry. Some prefer that people who choose to use nicotine use it in a form that has less risk than smoking tobacco. What we all have in common is a desire to reduce/eliminate smoking-related diseases and premature deaths. The events listed below focus on nicotine. Some events may not be supportive of reduced-risk products. Some have covered nicotine in the past but may not cover that topic every year.
May 13, 2024, Washington DC, US, 3:00-5:30 PM ACCELERATING ACTION TO END SMOKING: MINIMIZING RISK AND SAVING LIVES
May 13, 2024, 11:00 AM, Ajax, Canada (In person) Rally to Save Flavours, Minister Mark Holland’s office. 100 Old Kingston Road, Ajax
May 14, 2024, Washington, DC, US - ECigarette Summit
May 15-16, 2024, Washington, DC, US (In-person and virtual) - FDLI Annual Conference
May 17-22, 2024, San Diego, CA, US - American Thoracic Society Conference. Note: COI statement.
May 20-22, 2024 - (Virtual) - ToPCon - Commercial Tobacco Prevention Conference
May 22, 2024 (Virtual) 8:00 AM - 12:45 PM - GTNF InFocus 2024 Nicotine
May 24, 2024 (Virtual) - BR- UK: Using behavioural theory to inform quantitative models for policy decision making- With speakers Professor Jamie Brown, Professor Robin Purshouse, Dr Hazel Squires, Professor Robert West
May 30, 2024 - (Virtual) 3:00-4:00 PM - CAsToR A Conversation about the Use of Computational Models in Tobacco Regulation.
May 30-31, 2024 - Brisbane, AU - 2024 SRNT-Oceania Chapter Conference (30th) and Tobacco Endgame Centre of Research Excellence Annual Symposium (31st) Online Registration Link (for both)
Jun 4-5, 2024, Portland, ME, US - Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Conference
Jun 13-15, 2024, Warsaw, Poland - GFN - Global Forum on Nicotine - Registration open! (Pre-Conference activities Jun 12)
Jun 16-19, 2024, San Diego, CA, US - 2024 ASHEcon Conference (Health Economists).
Jun 19-20, 2024, Miami, FL, US - Next Generation Nicotine Delivery USA
*NEW* Jun 26, 2024, Silver Spring, MD, US (Virtual and In-person) 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST - The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee meeting (TPSAC). Topic MRTP
Jun 27-28, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, US - National Tribal Tobacco Conference
Jul 4-5, 2024, Opatija, Croatia - 13th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior. Program here.
Jul 21-23, 2024, San Marcos, TX, US - Texas Tobacco-Free Conference
Aug 18-21, 2024, Mobile, AL, US - Federation of Tax Administrators - 2024 Tobacco Annual Meeting
Sep 7-10, 2024, San Diego, CA, US (In-person & Virtual) World Conference on Lung Cancer. Early Bird registration ends June 7, 2024
Sep 8-11, 2024, Atlanta, GA, US - 77TH TOBACCO SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Sep 16-17, 2024 (Virtual) - 7th Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction by SCOHRE
Sep 23, 2024, NYC, NY, US - New Approaches Conference
Sep 24-25, 2024, Athens, Greece - GTNF (Event link not yet available)
Oct 13-17, 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland - CORESTA Congress 2024
Oct 23-25, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal - LISBON ADDICTIONS European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies.
Oct 23-25, 2024, Broadbeach, Australia - Oceania Tobacco Control Conference 2024. Early bird registration ends June 30, 2024. Note: not THR-friendly. See list of Conflict of Interest Principles
Oct 24-25, Washington DC? US (In-person and Virtual) - FDLI Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulation and Policy Conference. (Registration opening soon)
Oct 27-30, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, US - 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo (Public Health). Registration opens in June.
Oct 28-29, 2024, Charleston, SC, US (Virtual and In-Person) 2024 NICOTINE AND TOBACCO SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Nov 14-15, 2024, UK - SSA Annual Conference. Early bird discounts until September 9, 2024
Nov 14-16, 2024, Chicago, IL, US—AMERSA Conference—Registration opens in June. Note: We won't know until the agenda is announced if nicotine will be part of this year's conference.
December 5, 2024, UK (Virtual and In-person), E-Cigarette Summit UK
Check out the public Google calendar of THR-related events created and maintained by Clive Bates. Also, check out the event calendar from Ecig Intelligence. Their listings include consumer/trade shows and expos that I don't include in this newsletter.
Jan 15-19, 2025 Seattle, WA, US - Society for Social Work and Research.
Mar 12-15, 2025 New Orleans, LA, US - SRNT 31st Annual Meeting
Aug 26-28, 2025 Chicago, IL, US - The National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) (Link is to the announcement, not event info)
Sep 10-12, 2025 Romania - SRNT-E Conference
Mar 4-6, 2026 Baltimore, MD, US - SRNT 32nd Annual Meeting
Notes:
Deadlines are in bold type. Additions to the seeking participants and events sections since the last edition will be denoted by "*NEW*"
I create these newsletters as a personal project. They are not affiliated with any current or past employers or groups I do volunteer work with. I believe that everyone deserves a seat at the table. If you’re interested in nicotine with a focus on THR, this newsletter is for you.
Until next time,
Skip “#BeKind” Murray
